11:31 AM,
Sep. 19, 2013

Former University of Louisville basketball player Chris Brickley.

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

Chris Brickley, a walk-on University of Louisville basketball player from 2007-2010, had already interviewed for an entry-level trainer job with the New York Knicks this summer when Cardinals coach Rick Pitino placed a call to the NBA organization.

Pitino's recommendation was all Knicks assistant general manager Allan Houston needed, and Brickley started with the Knicks on Thursday, according to BleacherReport.com's Jared Zwerling.

"You knew Chris Brickley wanted to be a coach," Pitino told Bleacher Report. "He was a basketball junkie and wanted to learn the game. If you believe in ...